Another police-action shooting for everyone to critique

[BehindBlueI's]

Aren't the police suppose to consficate all videos in cases like this....or is that when they just jack boot you to death....sounds like the guy forgot to take his meds and paid for it.

If its pertinent evidence, then you can seize the recording device and get a warrant for the video. From the quality of the video I saw there, I wouldn't waste the paperwork.

 

[JB357Mag]

Good shoot!

I would have done the same.

Jimmy

 

[BehindBlueI's]

On topic, here's how I would have handled it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcm-9Jvn46c

 

[churchmouse]

On topic, here's how I would have handled it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcm-9Jvn46c

If you look very closely the swordsman pulled up short on all his strikes. Still impressive.

 

[88E30M50]

From the scant evidence the video provides, sounds like suicide by cop. He went looking for a fight, but took nothing that would give him any chance at survival. He got their attention by smashing windows and once he had their attention, he simply started walking towards them with the machete. I think it worked out exactly as the machete guy wanted. Too bad he is putting a cop through the trauma of a shooting just because he could not off himself.

 

[UnionPmedic]

on bringing a knife to a gun fight.

After seeing the video in the following thread, I would shoot from far away; amazing how long it takes to draw and fire.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/the_cutting_edge/291522-defending_a_knife_attack.html

 

[Bunnykid68]

Bad cop, now I will go read the article

 

[Dobber]

My only critique of the contents of this video is that the contents sucks. What the hell decade was this iPhone from? If these a-holes insist on creating hard evidence they should have the freaking courtesy to all parties involved to create viable, credible, discernible evidence. If it was a bad shooting the cop could get off based on doubt because of the quality of this film. If it was a good shooting, the cop could go down and lose his career over speculation of what *might* be inferred between the pixels. DUMB!

-Dobber

 

[96harley]

Justified shooting........was the guy with the machete' any relation to the guy in the white house? If so, justified.

 

[KellyinAvon]

1 shot, guy had a machete'? Makes sense to me. 40 shots into a pick-up truck that looks like a suspect's truck? Not so much.

 

[Arm America]

Officer goes home at end of day.

Thats what any of us can only hope to do.

 

[churchmouse]

I would have to say most everyone is on point with this one.....good shoot.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Frank, what is your opinion? You posted it and assumed it would be critiqued, did you find an issue with it?

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Frank, what is your opinion? You posted it and assumed it would be critiqued, did you find an issue with it?

No issue from me. I was just putting it out there for all the MMQBs.

 

[Miles42]

I see no area for second guessing. Correct response by the LEO. I have no sympathy for law breakers of any kind.

 

[jbombelli]

No issue from me. I was just putting it out there for all the MMQBs.

But today is Thursday.

 

[Bunnykid68]

But today is Thursday.

Had to call him out, didn't ya?

 

[IndyDave1776]

Frank, you asked for a critique...

1. The machete is one of the leading murder weapons worldwide. Very credible threat to the life and health of the officer.

2. While I believe in warnings when practical, being confronted with a person who could potentially kill you before you can let loose an expletive does not offer a practical opportunity for a warning. Further, anyone with two or more working brain cells should understand in advance that getting shot is a hazard intrinsic to actively choosing to travel to the location of persons known to be armed and attacking property and persons who appear with a deadly weapon. Actively starting a fight with the police would seem to indicate that the man knew/should have known that he was engaged in a situation which could likely yield an end such as it did.

3. The officer ended the threat with one shot rather than dumping a magazine in the general direction of the threat. Kudos for both marksmanship and apparent regard for the safety of others.

4. The decedent was indeed a credible threat, unlike, say, an already unresponsive drunk lying on the ground incapacitated.

Thanks for sharing an example of a good shoot.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

But today is Thursday.

From now on I'll make sure to use ADOTWQBs. Any-day-of-the-week-quarterbacks. Better?

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Had to call him out, didn't ya?

He's good at that. But I ain't mad at him.